Kern County Obituaries
Jack Weldon
Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008
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Mojave Desert News; 24 Feb 1949
Jack Weldon, Aged Miner Passes
Jack Weldon, said to be 82 years old, although this age is questioned by some,
well known miner and prospector of the Piute country, died at the Mojave Hospital
on Saturday last from causes incident to old age.
Mr. Weldon had been a resident of that part of the country including Cantil, since
1913, coming here from Montana and the Dakotas where he is reported to have
been the discoverer of the famous Mammoth mine of Montana which he later lost.
He operated the Bryan mine in the Piutes for a number of years and in the early
days was the owner of a string of pack mules which was engaged in the
transportation of freight from Kelso Valley back into the.
mountains to residents there.
A great friend of the Indian tribes occupying that country at that time, his sense
of direction was such that he never used a known road when conducting the pack
train but would sight the approximate direction to where he wanted to go and light
out across the hills. It is said that he never failed to make his goal without getting
lost.
He is survived by his wife, Mary, of Cantil, a son, Joseph and a daughter, Mrs.
Elvie Case of Oakland and two grandchildren.
The funeral was held yesterday at 1 p.m. under the direction of the O'Donnell
Funeral Home with Rev. Collier of the local Baptist church officiating. At the
organ was Mrs. Stanley Richardson while Mrs. Bowlin rendered appropriate
hymns. Burial was in the Mojave Cemetery. Notable was the great banks of
flowers contributed by the people of Cantil.